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Carlos Condit lost out on the chance to fight Matt Brown, but he’s got a new and equally intriguing opponent for UFC on FOX 29.
Brazilian veteran Alex Oliveira (18-4-1 MMA, 7-3-1 UFC) is stepping up on short notice to fight Condit (30-11 MMA, 7-7 UFC) in the wake of Brown suffering a torn ACL that forced him to withdraw.

Leon Edwards is getting the big fight he has been looking for.
In fact, “Rocky” is getting someone he called out last year.
The UFC is close to finalizing Donald Cerrone vs. Edwards as the main event of their June 23 fight night card, MMA Fighting has learned. The event is expected to take place in Singapore, though, the promotion has yet to announce the specific location for the card just yet.

Another anticipated fight in the month of April is off the UFC schedule.
Matt Brown (23-16 MMA, 14-10 UFC) has suffered a torn ACL and has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled welterweight co-headliner with Carlos Condit (30-11 MMA, 7-7 UFC) at UFC on FOX 29.

A couple weeks out from the UFC’s return to Arizona, an injury has changed a bout and opened the door for a fighter to make his promotional debut.
Abdul Razak Alhassan (9-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) is out of his welterweight fight against Muslim Salikhov (13-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) at UFC on FOX 29. In Alhassan’s place will be Ricky Rainey (13-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC), the promotion today announced.
UFC on FOX 29 will take place April 14 at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Ariz. The main card will air on FOX following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

The card continues to fill for the UFC’s return to England in May.
A welterweight matchup is the latest addition to UFC Fight Night 130, with Brazil’s Claudio Henrique da Silva (11-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) facing France’s Nordine Taleb (14-4 MMA, 6-2 UFC). The card takes place May 27 at Echo Arena in Liverpool and airs on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.

Jessica Eye will continue her UFC flyweight run this summer.
The promotion is targeting a women’s flyweight contest between Eye and Jessica-Rose Clark for UFC Singapore, which is set to go down on June 23 at a yet-to-be-announced venue in Singapore, sources told MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani.

Amanda Lemos is the latest fighter to be suspended by USADA for a UFC anti-doping policy violation.
USADA suspended the women’s bantamweight athlete two years for testing positive for the steroid stanozolol and its metabolite, stemming from an out-of-competition sample collected Nov. 8, 2017, the UFC’s anti-doping partner announced Wednesday. Lemos won’t be eligible to fight again in the UFC until November 2019.

The UFC will host its second event at The Barclaycard Arena in Hamburg when the promotion returns to the German city on July 22.
The event was announced by the promotion on Tuesday morning via press release and through the European team’s social media feeds.

Gilbert Burns has a new opponent for UFC on FOX 29.
The Brazilian jiu-jitsu expert, who was hoping to meet Lando Vannata at the UFC event in Glendale, Ariz., on April 14, will now face Octagon newcomer Dan Moret, multiple sources told MMA Fighting.

With hometown hero and rising welterweight star Darren Till set to headline UFC Liverpool in May, it seems that two more top 170-pounders could be making an appearance on the card.
According to a report by Farah Hannoun, a fight between Gunnar Nelson and Neil Magny is in the works for UFC Liverpool. Shortly after the news, Magny revealed he had signed a bout agreement on his Instagram account, and that a fight announcement would be “coming soon.”

Ed Ruth’s welterweight debut will have to wait.
After original Bellator 196 foe Laszlo Furko withdrew from the 170-pound bout due to injury, Ruth will now face Ion Pascu in a 175-pound catchweight affair on April 6. A promotion official confirmed the change to Sherdog.com following an initial report from MMAjunkie.com.
Bellator 196 takes place at Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary, and is headlined by a lightweight tilt between Benson Henderson and Roger Huerta. The card airs on the Paramount Network in the United States via tape delay at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT.

Jessica Aguilar finally has a fight lined up.
The veteran fighter has been booked to fight Jodie Esquibel in a women’s strawweight contest at UFC Utica (UFC Fight Night 131). The ever is set to take palce on June 1 at the Adirondack Bank Center in Utica, N.Y.

The Shevchenkos are a fighting family and now it’s Antonina’s turn to get a chance to shine on a bigger platform.
Sources confirmed with MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani that Antonina Shevchenko — the older sister of UFC flyweight contender Valentina Shevchenko — will be competing at 125 pounds in the upcoming season of Dana White’s Contender Series, which is expected to take place in the summer.